Reviews tagging 'War'

The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

53 reviews

dreamerfreak's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Pregnancy, War, Death, Excrement, Gun violence, Classism, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Grief, Blood, Domestic abuse, Police brutality, and Homophobia

vb_marie's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Superbement bien écrit. Les premiers chapitres sont tellement beaux que je les ai lus par petits bouts, pour les savourer pleinement.

Les éléments gothiques sont parfois trop présents à mon goût. De plus, certaines scènes m'ont fait tellement peur que j'en ai fait des cauchemars (d'où les 4,5 étoiles et non 5).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Blood, Gun violence, Death, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Confinement, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Murder, Incest, Infidelity, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, Sexual content, Violence, and Homophobia

Moderate: Cursing, Alcohol, Grief, Medical content, Bullying, Child abuse, Stalking, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Sexual harassment, Terminal illness, and War

marta_gramaca's review against another edition

funny mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, War, Police brutality, Violence, and Sexism

bethanylewis's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Domestic abuse

Minor: War

kimbo8's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Miscarriage, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and War

cainnechwithdrawn's review against another edition

The characters are extremely flat in a sexist way. I hated reading so many descriptions of men objectifying women. Disappointing, I've heard a lot of good things but this is hard to read for me. I'm not even someone who is against depictions of misogyny, I liked Nabokov's Lolita for example, but that book had substance to it's sexual violence.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Domestic abuse and War

calathean's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Police brutality

Moderate: Gun violence, Homophobia, Incest, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Excrement, and Misogyny

Minor: War, Torture, Domestic abuse, Child death, Rape, and Death of parent

ari5scythe's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Police brutality, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Sexual violence, Ableism, Domestic abuse, Confinement, War, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Child abuse and Emotional abuse

acatmother's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

I struggled to get into this book and took me much longer to read than usual. This is mostly due to taking breaks from it. The plot was interesting but I did not love the characters or writing style. This absolutely could be due to the translation to English though, so I do not want to be too harsh. I mostly did not like how women were described or discussed in the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Murder

Moderate: War

br3adstick's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

5.0

shadow of the wind is a beautifully written story with quotes that resonate, and a plot that keeps you turning page after page.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Violence, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Sexism, and Death

Moderate: Incest

Minor: Homophobia, War, and Alcohol